Hazrat Ziauddin Barani r.a

Hazrat Ziauddin Barani r.a, born at Baran (Buland-Shahr) In684 A.H. / 1258 A.D, was the first Indo-Persian historian tobe born and brought up in India* He completed his Tarikh-IFiruzShahi at the age of seventyfour. Since he completed hisTarikh in the year 758 A.H/1359 A.D, he must have.been born inor about the year 684 A.H / 1285 A.a. in Ghyasuddin’s reign.After the conquest of Baran by Md. Ghori, it isprobable that Barani’s family along with others settled there.It is testified by Mir Khurd that Hazrat Ziauddin Barani r.a came of respectableancestors. The father of his maternal grand mother Sipah-salarHusamuddin held an important post in the Court of Balban, andlater on he was appointed Governor of Lakhnauti in Bengal. Hismother was the daughter of Sayyid Jalal ICaithali. His fatherMuwayyadul Hulk was a deputy governor and Khwajah of theprovince of Baran for 17 years. Hazrat Ziauddin Barani r.a himself held thepost of royal nadim in the Court of Md. b. Tughluq who oftenconsulted him on crucial matters. His uncle, Alaul Mulk whohelped Alauddin in his assassination coup of Jalaluddin was madegovernor of Kara and Oudh by Alauddin Khalji, later Muwayyadul-Mulk was appointed the governor of Baran and Alaul Mulk was made a Kotwal of Delhi.He gives the names of forty six renowned teachers of Alauddin*stime whose learned discourses and associations elevated hismental dimensions. Being deeply influenced by the audience ofShaikh Nizamuddin Auliya he as a mask of devotion took up hisabode at Ghyathpur where the Shaikh lived. He was on equallygood terms with Amir Khusrau whom he calls *the greatest of allancient and modern poets.

Hazrat Ziauddin Barani r.a was born to a Muslim family in 1285 in which his father, uncle, and grandfather all working in high government posts under the Sultan of Delhi. His family were natives of Meerut and Bulandsahar. His maternal grandfather Husam-ud-Din, was an important officer of Ghiyas ud din Balban and his father Muwayyid-ul-Mulk held the post of naib of Arkali Khan, the son of Jalaluddin Firuz Khalji. His uncle Qazi Ala-ul-Mulk was the Kotwal (police chief) of Delhi during the reign of Ala-ud-Din Khalji.Hazrat Ziauddin Barani r.anever held a post, but was a nadim (companion) of Muhammad bin Tughlaq for seventeen years. During this period he was very close to Amir Khusro. After Tughlaq was deposed, he fell out of favor. In “Exile” he wrote two pieces dealing with government, religion, and history.

His gravestone lies in the courtyard of Nizamuddin Auliya’s dargah in Delhi, at the entrance of the dalan of Mirdha Ikram, and near the tomb of Amir Khusrau.

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